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Thanks for clicking in. We’re going to keep this short because it’s a long weekend in the US. And also World Goth Day. Pop those black lace parasols open and crank up The Cure.

Today only you can pick up HOW TO DIE (& OTHER STORIES) for 13% off by using the checkout code DEATH. It is, in fact, somewhat uplifting. Really. In a few days, when it shows up in cheerful pink packaging, you will have no idea what you’ve ordered. A fun surprise for yourself or anyone else.

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I was going to tell a longer story about the elements of successful contract negotiation, but I’ll save that for next week. Instead, gaze upon the immaculate drip of Edward Gorey:

“If you're doing nonsense it has to be rather awful, because there'd be no point. I'm trying to think if there's sunny nonsense. Sunny, funny nonsense for children—oh, how boring, boring, boring. As Schubert said, there is no happy music. And that's true, there really isn't. And there's probably no happy nonsense, either." — Edward Gorey and the Tao of Nonsense

Let’s Do Design Research Right!

Join us on May 28 to get a handle on the basics or to become a better advocate for evidence-based design.

So many organizations struggle needlessly because they make it hard to ask the right questions. The true horror is wasting all that time.

Tell everyone you know this will be the best 3 hours of their week.

And finally, this is possibly the greatest tv show easter egg of all time.

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